By Sabrina Shankman | The Boston Globe
Christine Moreau and Andrew Feland live just 10 miles from each other, but their household utility bills are worlds apart.
Moreau lives in Worcester and gets her electricity from two for-profit companies, a third-party energy supplier and National Grid. Her monthly bills have gotten so large, $400 one month, $600 the next, that she’s being threatened with shut-off notices.
Feland lives in West Boylston, which is serviced by a nonprofit, the town-owned municipal light plant. And despite using almost double the amount of electricity as Moreau because his house now has heat pumps, his last monthly bill was less than hers by about $100.